Reuters

The BOJ is likely to cut its price growth forecasts at a policy meeting later this month as long-term inflation expectations stall.

The U.S. moved to block China Mobile, recommending its application be rejected because the government-owned firm posed national security risks.

China’s yuan slipped past the 6.7 per dollar mark on Tuesday for the first time in almost a year.

Oil prices fell on Monday as supplies from Saudi Arabia and Russia rose while economic growth stumbled in Asia amid an escalating trade dispute with the U.S.

Copper prices hit three-month lows on Monday as the market priced in weaker demand in top consumer China, which is embroiled in the trade spat with the U.S.

The dollar edged higher on Monday, as investors ramped up bets that escalating trade tensions will hurt the U.S. the least for now.

Sterling traded near an eight-month low against the dollar on Monday despite stronger-than-expected manufacturing sector data.

European shares opened lower on Monday as worries about U.S. trade policies and concerns about German Chancellor Merkel’s coalition government weighed on sentiment.

Investors have sharply increased their use of hedging strategies, signaling concerns that the intensifying trade battle.

The euro slipped back after Angela Merkel’s interior minister offered to quit over migration policy.